The South West Vaccination and Screening Team (VaST) are responsible for commissioning the national vaccination and immunisation services to achieve the standards set out under the section 7A agreement.

Following the recent Secretary of State reform announcement on ambitions for a new approach to vaccination, NHS England are developing an integrated vaccination and immunisation strategy that builds on the learning from COVID-19 and the foundations of other immunisation programmes.  Working in partnership with all providers, local authorities, voluntary and community sector leaders and communities themselves, NHS England have designed a future model that will maximise uptake, reduce unwarranted variation and help people protect themselves and their families.

Immunisation programmes

• Influenza

Childhood Immunisation Programmes

Childhood Immunisation Best practice guide (content to follow)

Hexavalent (6-in-1)

• Hexavalent (6in1) combination vaccine information for healthcare practitioners

Hepatitis B

• (content to follow)

Men B

• Meningococcal B vaccination information for healthcare practitioners

MMR

• Canto Timing Matters Video
• UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy (MRES) 2019
• MMR: Use of combined vaccine instead of single vaccines

Urgent Measles Testing: Oral Fluid Kit testing instructions

• www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-urgent-testing-forms-and-instructions
  These instructions are also available to download, translated into the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Hindi, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yiddish, Yoruba
• MMR for all: general leaflet – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Measles: protect yourself, protect others – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

PCV, Hib & Men C

• (content to follow)

Rotavirus

• Rotavirus vaccination programme: advice for health professionals

 Useful Information

• Childhood vaccines: Parental attitudes survey 2022 findings
• A guide to immunisation at one year of age leaflet
• Routine immunisations at one year – video
• Pre-school immunisation (2-5 years old) guide and video
• Routine Immunisation video – for children aged 3 years plus – Health Publications
• Routine Imms from 0-5 videos aimed at parents and carers
• What to expect after vaccinations – Information about the common side effects of vaccinations that might occur in babies and young children up to 5 years of age.

Adult Vaccination Programmes

NHS England Adult immunisations toolkit

• (content to follow)

HPV MSM

• (content to follow)

Pertussis in Pregnant Women

• (content to follow)

PPV

• Pneumococcal vaccination guidance for health professionals
• The Green book of immunisation: chapter 25 – pneumococcal (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Annexe A: priority groups for pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine (PPV23, Pneumovax®23) – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Pneumonia – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• NHSE elfh Hub (e-lfh.org.uk)
• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV) coverage report, England, April 2020 to March 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Pneumovax 23 solution for injection in pre-filled syringe – Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – (emc) (medicines.org.uk)
• Pneumococcal-Vaccine-23-Valent-Pneumovax-II-Oct-14.pdf (england.nhs.uk)
• Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine: change to the supply route from June 2021 letter – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Shingles

• South West Adult Vaccination Programmes Toolkit 2023-24

School Aged Vaccination Programmes

HPV

• HPV vaccine overview – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• HPV vaccine side effects – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• HPV vaccine safety – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• How is the HPV vaccine given? – NHS – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Who should have the HPV vaccine? – NHS – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• HPV vaccination guidance for healthcare practitioners’ Comprehensive guidance on HPV vaccination programmes (v6)
• HPV universal vaccination: leaflet – A guide to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme, which became universal in September 2019

Meningococcal ACWY & Td/IPV                                                                                                

• 3-in-1 teenage booster overview – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• 3-in-1 teenage booster side effects – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• 3-in-1 teenage booster FAQs – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• MenACWY vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Immunisations for young people leaflet-Explains the HPV, Td/IPV and MenACWY vaccinations given to young people in school years 7 to 13
• Meningococcal ACWY vaccination programme Information for healthcare practitioners

Relevant Chapters from the Greenbook for the adolescent immunisations programme

• Meningococcal ACWY vaccination programme information for healthcare practitioners
• Diphtheria: the green book, chapter 15 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Green Book HPV chapter 18a (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Meningococcal: the green book, chapter 22 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Polio: the green book, chapter 26 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Tetanus: the green book, chapter 30 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Relevant chapter from the Greenbook for the school-based influenza programme

• Influenza: the green book, chapter 19 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

SAI Pathways

• BNSSG School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24
• BSW School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24
• Cornwall & Isles of Scilly School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24
• Devon School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24
• Dorset School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24
• Gloucestershire School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24
• Somerset School Aged Immunisation Pathway 2023-24

Vaccine Guidance

• The Green Book
• Complete routine immunisation schedule – Including translations into 32 languages
• NHS vaccinations and when to have them
• Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation status
• Vaccine incident guidance: Responding to errors in vaccine storage, handling, and administration
• Patient Group Direction (PGD’s)
• Vaccine Summary of Product Characteristics- electronic medicines
• Vaccine Knowledge Project (University of Oxford)
• Vaccine update
• Information for immunisation practitioners and other health professionals
• NICE (NG218) Vaccine uptake in the general population
• NHS “Why vaccination is safe” page, including video

Ardens Guidance

• Overarching article
• Child imms recall and uptake searches
• Weekly child imms report
• CQRS searches
• QOF Vaccs and imms
• Childhood immunisations webinar

CHIS Toolkit

• (Content to follow)

CQRS (Calculating Quality Reporting Service)

• NHSE SW VaST CQRS Guidance 2023-24

GP Contract

• NHS England » GP Contract

QOF

• Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), enhanced services and core contract extraction specifications (business rules)

Business Rules Guidance

• Enhanced services (ES), Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I) and core contract components (CC) business rules 2023-2024 – NHS Digital

Cold chain guidance

• (Vaccine incident guidance, include page numbers for cold chain, incident guidance, off label leaflets, protocol for ordering, storing, and handling vaccines, vaccine storage and fridges in GP practices, keep your vaccines healthy) – (Content to follow)

Inequalities

• South West Inequalities futures page

Promotional Resources

• Immunisations: resources for nurseries and schools – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Measles: Don’t let your child catch it – poster – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Vaccine communications toolkit for universities and other higher education settings (khub.net)
• Vaccine communications toolkit for universities and other higher education settings (khub.net)
• Publications – Health Publications
• Think measles: patient leaflet for young people- leaflet explaining the measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine to young people who may have missed their routine MMR vaccinations
• Promotional material-Think measles: poster about measles in young people
• Measles Protect yourself, protect others leaflet-information about measles, and the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine
• Promotional materials-Measles outbreak resources (various languages)
• Measles : Don’t let your child catch it poster-Schools version
• Measles information posters
• Canto: How the Measles vaccine works poster A4
• Measles and MMR social media banners | Powered by Box
• Festival banners for MMR
• MMR for all leaflet available to order in English, Bengali, Polish, Romanian, Somali, Ukrainian and Yoruba
• Short videos promoting childhood immunisation and MMR catch-ups
• Immunisations: Promotional resources for GP practices, nursery settings, primary and secondary schools
• Campaign Resource Centre – This is the digital platform for government health improvement campaigns and resources, for you to use in your work to improve health outcomes in your area.

Data Sources

• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage estimates in England: 2021 to 2022 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Meningococcal ACWY immunisation programme: vaccine coverage estimates – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• School leaver booster (Td/IPV): vaccine coverage estimates – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme 2022 to 2023: quarterly data – UK quarterly data and commentary on coverage achieved by the UK childhood immunisation programme.
• Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme: annual data -England annual data on coverage achieved by the childhood immunisation programme

Outbreak Management Guidance

• Communicable disease outbreak management: operational guidance – Roles and responsibilities of key agencies and the agreed procedures during local and national outbreak investigations.

If you require further advice, please use the contact details below.

UKHSA South West Centre Health Protection Team

2 Rivergate

Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EH

swhpt@ukhsa.gov.uk

Phone: 0300 303 8162 option 1 then option 2

Out of hours for health professionals only: please phone 0300 303 8162 option 2

UKHSA South West Centre Health Protection Team

Follaton House

Plymouth Road
Totnes
TQ9 5NE

swhpt@ukhsa.gov.uk

Phone: 0300 303 8162 option 1 then option 1

Out of hours for health professionals only: 0300 303 8162 (option 1)